Projects in the Czech Republic

Project Summary Documents

Project Summary Documents (PSDs) are disclosed for each project prior to Board consideration. They contain project descriptions, financial details, client information, environmental issues, tender guidelines, and contact details. PSDs for private sector projects are disclosed at least 30 days prior to Board consideration and for state sector projects, at least 60 days.

Project Summary Documents 

Signed projects

Board approval is the final stage in the project approval process. After Board approval, the EBRD and the client sign the deal and it becomes legally binding. Signed project lists reflect year-end data.

Signed projects  (0.1Mb) 

Case studies

Harpen district heating

Residents in around 20 Czech towns and cities will now have reliable heating and hot water as a result of an EBRD loan to German utility Harpen CR in 2000. The €17 million loan, the Bank's first in the Czech Republic's district heating sector, is enabling the refurbishment of a number of district heating plants and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Brno waste-water treatment plant upgrading

Half a million residents in and around the Czech Republic's second-largest city are benefiting from the EBRD's support of the Brno waste-water treatment plant. The investment, made in conjunction with EU Phare, has enabled the enlargement and upgrade of the plant.

The financing consisted of a €42.5 million long-term EBRD loan and €14 million from EU Phare, provided in 1999. In providing the loan, the EBRD became the first international financial institution to finance a municipal water and sewerage company without a full guarantee from the municipality.